"Tellingly, the definition of play has become more elastic this year. “We wanted to put down a marker specifically with nominating Shackleton, which does not have an author,” Grene says. (Blue Raincoat’s production, a wordless physical performance incorporating models, puppetry and projections, was developed by the company with the dramaturge Jocelyn Clarke. ) “It seems to us representative of some of the best new work which is created by an ensemble and in this case doesn’t have a script.”

Peter Crawley - Irish Times